Rain Eases Restrictions

May 28, 2009|- Staff report

Bans on campfires and motorized vehicles on the fringes of the Everglades were rescinded Wednesday, now that rains have reduced the danger of wildfires.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had barred airboats, motorcycles and other motorized vehicles and campfires from the Holey Land and Rotenberger wildlife management areas, as well as parts of the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor wildlife management area.

The rules were intended to prevent more fires, at a time when they were erupting across the parched southern part of Florida.